Don Nelson, pictured right, shares memories of Amy Hallingstad as some of her family members listen - including (pictured left to right) Carlene Lyons, Colyn Lyons, Brooklyn Hallingstad, and Nicole Hallingstad.
Friends, family and community members gathered near the Petersburg Indian Association's Hallingstad-Peratrovich Building on June 28 to celebrate the town's first annual Amy Hallingstad Day, honoring a Tlingit woman who shaped Petersburg's history in the 20th century.
Nicole Hallingstad, Amy Hallingstad's granddaughter, flew in from Anchorage to welcome attendees to the event, which was organized with PIA. She said her grandmother's decades of activism for Alaska Native rights inspired her to serve on the Sealaska Board of Directors, a regional Alaska Native corporation.
"My heart is so full of...
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